| evidences of increasing risk of dirofilarioses in southern italy. | given the spread of aedes albopictus from northern to southern italy, and the lack of updated data on dirofilaria infections, this study was carried out to assess the infection risk for dogs and cats in apulia region. during a 2-year study, 175 a. albopictus female specimens and samples of blood from 427 dogs (309 privately owned dogs and 118 shelter dogs) and 12 cats were collected. all blood samples were subjected to a modified knott method, to a test for the detection of circulating dirofilar ... | 2013 | 23224639 |
| dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens in italy, an emergent zoonosis: report of 60 new cases. | sixty new cases of human dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens, occurring in italy between 1990 and 1999, are presented. this is the most extensive case study of this zoonosis reported worldwide by a single study group. the aim is to utilize this large experience to characterize the different histopathological findings in the parasitic lesions in man. | 2001 | 11318900 |
| [human subcutaneous dirofilariasis: 8 more cases in italy]. | eight new cases of human subcutaneous dirofilariasis due to dirofilaria repens in subjects aged 14 to 83 years, 5 men and 3 women, are recorded. the patients were living in piedmont (5 cases), tuscany (1), friuli-venetia julia (1) and apulia (1). the nematodes were immature in 6 cases (2 males and 4 females) and adults in 2 (both females). microfilariae in the uterus of one of them were detected. | 1996 | 8927458 |
| [human dirofilariasis in southern italy. i. the puglia region]. | nine new cases of human dirofilariasis by dirofilaria repens, in subjects living in apulia, aged 30 to 60 years, are reported. six were subcutaneous and three subconjunctival. many of them occurred a number of years ago and were identified thanks to a specific joint investigation carried out by a parasitologist, some histopathologists and ophthalmologists. of special relevance is one subcutaneous case with contemporary presence of 2 nodules in different regions of the body (mamma and forearm) an ... | 1994 | 7739879 |